John 9:41-16:33 Jesus said to them, If ye had been blind, ye would have had no sin. But now ye say, We see: therefore your sin remaineth.

Wesley⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁴¹ Jesus said to them, If ye had been blind, ye would have had no sin. But now ye say, We see: therefore your sin remaineth. ¹⁰ ¹ Verily, verily I say to you, he that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, he is a thief and a robber. ² But he that entereth in by the door, is the shepherd of the sheep. ³ To him the door-keeper openeth, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. ⁴ And when he hath led forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. ⁵ They will not follow a stranger, but will flee from him; for they know not the voice of strangers. ⁶ This parable spake Jesus to them; but they understood not what things they were which he spake to them. ⁷ Therefore Jesus said to them again, Verily, verily I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. ⁸ Whosoever are come before me, are thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not hear them. ⁹ I am the door; if any one enter in by me, he shall be safe, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. ¹⁰ The thief cometh not, but to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they may have life, and that they may have it abundantly. ¹¹ I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd layeth down his life for the sheep. ¹² But the hireling, who is not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: so the wolf seizeth them, and scattereth the flock. ¹³ The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep. ¹⁴ I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine; ¹⁵ (As the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father) and I lay down my life for the sheep. ¹⁶ I have also other sheep which are not of this fold: I must bring them likewise, and they will hear my voice, and there shall be one flock, and one shepherd. ¹⁷ Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again. ¹⁸ No one taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. ¹⁹ This commission have I received of my Father. There was again a division among the Jews, because of these sayings. ²⁰ Many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad: why hear ye him? ²¹ Others said, These are not the words of one that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind? ²² Now the feast of the dedication came on at Jerusalem: and it was winter. ²³ And Jesus was walking in the temple, in Solomon's portico. ²⁴ Then came the Jews round about him, and said to him, How long dost thou keep us in suspense? ²⁵ If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly. Jesus answered them, I have told you; yet ye do not believe: the works that I do in my Father's name, they testify of me. ²⁶ But, as I have told you, ye do not believe, because ye are not of my sheep. ²⁷ My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. ²⁸ And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish, neither shall any pluck them out of my hand. ²⁹ My Father, who gave them me, is greater than all; and none shall pluck them out of my Father's hand. ³⁰ I and the Father are one. ³¹ Then the Jews again took up stones to stone him. Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; ³² for which of those works do ye stone me? ³³ The Jews answered him, We stone thee not for a good work, but for blasphemy, and because thou, being a man, makest thyself God. ³⁴ Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, ye are gods? ³⁵ If he call them gods, to whom the word of ³⁶ God came (and the scripture cannot be broken) Say ye of him whom God hath sanctified and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest, because I said, I am the Son of God? ³⁷ If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. ³⁸ But if I do, tho' ye believe not me, believe the works; that ye may know and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him. ³⁹ Therefore they sought again to seize him; but he escaped out of their hand. ⁴⁰ And he went away again beyond Jordan, to the place where John baptized at first, and there he abode. ⁴¹ And many came to him and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true. ⁴² And many believed on him there. ¹¹ ¹ Now one Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha, was sick. ² (It was that Mary, who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick) Therefore his sisters sent to him, ³ saying, Lord, behold he whom thou lovest is sick. ⁴ Jesus hearing it, said, This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified thereby. ⁵ Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. So after he had heard that he was sick, ⁶ he abode still two days in the place where he was. ⁷ Then after this he saith to his disciples, Let us go into Judea again. ⁸ The disciples say to him, Master, the Jews but now sought to stone thee, and goest thou thither again? ⁹ Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world. ¹⁰ But if any man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because the light is not in him. ¹¹ Thus he spake, and after that he saith to them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go to awake him. ¹² Then the disciples said, Lord, if he sleep, he will recover. ¹³ Jesus spake of his death, but they thought he had spoken of the natural rest in sleep. ¹⁴ Then said Jesus to them plainly, Lazarus is dead. And I am glad for your sake I was not there, that ye may believe: ¹⁵ but let us go to him. ¹⁶ Then said Thomas, called Didymus, to his fellow-disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him. ¹⁷ When Jesus came, he found he had been now four days in the tomb. ¹⁸ (Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off.) ¹⁹ And many of the Jews were come to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother. ²⁰ When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him; but Mary sat in the house. ²¹ Then said Martha to Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. ²² But I know even now, that whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee. ²³ Jesus saith to her, Thy brother shall rise again. Martha saith to him, ²⁴ I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day. ²⁵ Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life; he that believeth in me, tho' he die, yet shall he live; ²⁶ And whosoever liveth and believeth in me, shall not die for ever. ²⁷ Believest thou this? She saith to him, Yea, Lord, I believe thou art the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world. ²⁸ Having said this, she went and privately called Mary her sister, saying, The master is come, and calleth for thee. ²⁹ As soon as she heard it, she arose quickly and came to him. ³⁰ Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was at the place where Martha had met him. ³¹ The Jews then who were with her in the house and comforted her, seeing Mary, that she rose up quickly and went out, followed her, saying, She is going to the tomb, to weep there. ³² When Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell at his feet, saying to him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. ³³ When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews weeping who came with her, he groaned deeply, ³⁴ and troubled himself, And said, Where have ye laid him? ³⁵ They say to him, Lord, come and see. Jesus wept. ³⁶ Then said the Jews, Behold, how he loved him! And some of them said, ³⁷ Could not this person, who opened the eyes of the blind, have even caused that this man should not have died? ³⁸ Jesus again groaning in himself, cometh to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it. ³⁹ Jesus saith, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of the deceased, saith to him, Lord, by this time he stinketh; for he hath been buried four days. ⁴⁰ Jesus saith to her, Said I not to thee, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God? ⁴¹ Then they took away the stone from where the dead lay. And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, ⁴² Father, I thank thee, that thou hast heard me. And I knew that thou hearest me always: but I spake this, because of the people who stand by, that they may believe thou hast sent me. ⁴³ And having spoken thus, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. ⁴⁴ And he that had been dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes, and his face was wrapt about with a napkin. Jesus saith to them, Loose him, and let him go. ⁴⁵ Many therefore of the Jews who were come to Mary, and had seen the things, which Jesus had done, believed on him. ⁴⁶ But some of them went to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done. ⁴⁷ Then the chief priests and elders assembled a council and said, What do we? ⁴⁸ For this man doth many miracles. If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him, and the Romans will come and subvert both our place and nation. ⁴⁹ And one of them, Caiaphas, being the high priest that year, ⁵⁰ said to them, Ye know nothing, Nor consider, it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not. ⁵¹ He spake not this of himself, but being high-priest that year, he prophesied, that Jesus should die for the nation: ⁵² And not for that nation only, but that he might also gather into one all the children of God that were scattered abroad. ⁵³ Therefore from that day, they consulted together to put him to death. ⁵⁴ Jesus therefore walked no longer openly among the Jews, but went thence into the country, near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples. ⁵⁵ And the passover of the Jews was nigh; and many went up to Jerusalem, to purify themselves. ⁵⁶ Then sought they for Jesus, and said one to another, What think ye? ⁵⁷ That he will not come to the feast? Now both the chief priests and Pharisees had given order, That if any man knew where he was, he should shew it, that they might apprehend him. ¹² ¹ Then Jesus, six days before the passover, came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had been dead, whom he had raised from the dead. ² There they made him a supper, and Martha served; but Lazarus was one of them who sat at table with him. ³ Then Mary, taking a pound of ointment, of very costly spikenard, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment. ⁴ But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was about to betray him, ⁵ faith, Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor? ⁶ This he said, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the purse, and bare what was put therein. ⁷ Then Jesus said, Let her alone; against the day of my burial hath she kept this. ⁸ Ye have the poor always with you: but me ye have not always. ⁹ Now much people of the Jews knew that he was there, and came not only for the sake of Jesus, but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. ¹⁰ But the chief priests consulted, how to kill Lazarus also. ¹¹ Because, on his account, many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus. ¹² The next day, a great multitude who were come to the feast, having heard, ¹³ that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, Took branches of palm-trees, and went out to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord, the king of Israel. ¹⁴ And Jesus having got a young ass, ¹⁵ rode thereon, as it is written, Fear not, daughter of Sion; behold thy king cometh, sitting on an asses colt. ¹⁶ These things his disciples understood not at first; but when Jesus had been glorified, then they remembered, that these things were written of of him, and that they had done these things to him. ¹⁷ And the people who were with him, when he called Lazarus out of the tomb, and raised him from the dead, bare witness. ¹⁸ For this cause also the multitude went to meet him, because they heard, he had done this miracle. ¹⁹ The Pharisees therefore said to each other, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? Behold the world is gone after him. ²⁰ Now among those who came up to worship at the feast, there were certain Greeks. ²¹ These came to Philip of Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, saying, Sir, we desire to see Jesus. ²² Philip cometh and telleth Andrew; and Andrew and Philip tell Jesus. ²³ And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified. ²⁴ Verily, verily I say unto you, Unless a grain of wheat that falleth into the ground die, it remaineth alone; but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. ²⁵ He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world, shall preserve it to life eternal. ²⁶ If any man serve me, let him follow me, and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will the Father honour. ²⁷ Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour? ²⁸ But for this cause I came, for this hour. Father, glorify thy name. Then a voice came from heaven, I have both glorified, and I will glorify it again. ²⁹ The multitude who stood and heard it, said, It thundered: others said, An angel spake to him. ³⁰ Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes. ³¹ Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out. ³² And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to me. ³³ (He spake this, signifying what death he should die.) The people answered him, ³⁴ We have heard out of the law, that the Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? ³⁵ Who is this Son of man? Then Jesus said to them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness overtake you, for he that walketh in darkness, knoweth not whither he goeth. ³⁶ While ye have the light, believe in the light, that ye may become children of light. These things spake Jesus, and retiring concealed himself from them. ³⁷ But tho' he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him; ³⁸ So that the word of the prophet Isaiah was fulfilled which he said, Lord, who hath believed our report? And to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed? ³⁹ Therefore they could not believe, according to what Isaiah said again. ⁴⁰ He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their hearts, that they might not see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and be converted, that I might heal them. ⁴¹ These things said Isaiah, when he saw his glory, and spake of him. ⁴² Nevertheless many even of the rulers believed on him, but they did not confess him, because of the Pharisees, lest they should be put out of the synagogue. ⁴³ For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God. ⁴⁴ Jesus said with a loud voice, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me. ⁴⁵ And he that seeth me, seeth him that sent me. ⁴⁶ I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me, may not continue in darkness. ⁴⁷ If any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not; for I am not come to judge the world, but to save the world. ⁴⁸ He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him; the word which I have spoken, that shall judge him at the last day. ⁴⁹ For I have not spoken of myself, but the Father who sent me, he gave me commandment, what I should say, and how I should speak. ⁵⁰ And I know that his commandment is life everlasting; what therefore I speak to you, as the Father hath said to me, so I speak. ¹³ ¹ Now before the feast of the passover, Jesus knowing his hour was come to pass out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, loved them to the end. ² And while they were at supper (the devil having now put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, ³ to betray him) Jesus knowing the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come forth from God, and going to God, ⁴ Riseth from supper, and layeth aside his garments, and taking a towel, girded himself. ⁵ After that, he poured water into the bason, and began to wash the feet of the disciples, and to wipe them with the towel, wherewith he was girded. ⁶ Then cometh he to Simon Peter, who saith to him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet? ⁷ Jesus answered and said to him, What I do, thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter. ⁸ Peter saith to him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me. ⁹ Simon Peter saith to him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head. ¹⁰ Jesus saith to him, He who hath been bathed, needeth only to wash his feet, and is clean all over: and ye are clean; but not all. ¹¹ For he knew who would betray him: therefore he said, Ye are not all clean. ¹² So after he had washed their feet, he took his garments, and sitting down again, said to them, Know ye what I have done to you? ¹³ Ye call me Master and Lord; and ye say well; for so I am. ¹⁴ If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet, ye ought also to wash one another's feet. ¹⁵ For I have given you an example, that ye also may do as I have done to you. ¹⁶ Verily, verily I say unto you, the servant is not greater than his Lord, neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him. ¹⁷ If ye know these things, happy are ye, if ye do them. I speak not of you all: ¹⁸ I know whom I have chosen, that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me, hath lift up his heel against me. ¹⁹ Now I tell you before it is done, that, when it is done, ye may believe that I am he. ²⁰ Verily, verily I say unto you, he that receiveth whomsoever I send, receiveth me, and he that receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me. ²¹ Jesus having said this, was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily I say unto you, one of you will betray me. ²² Then the disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom he spake. ²³ Now there was lying in the bosom of Jesus, one of the disciples whom Jesus loved. ²⁴ Simon Peter therefore beckoneth to him, to ask who it was of whom he spake. ²⁵ He then, leaning on the breast of Jesus, saith to him, Lord, who is it? ²⁶ Jesus answered, It is he to whom I shall give the sop when I have dipped it. And having dipped the sop, he giveth it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. ²⁷ And after the sop, then Satan entered into him. ²⁸ Then said Jesus to him, What thou dost, do quickly. Now none at the table knew, why he said this to him. ²⁹ But some thought, as Judas had the purse, that Jesus had said to him, Buy what we have need of against the feast, or, Give something to the poor. ³⁰ He then having received the sop, went out immediately. And it was night, when he went out. ³¹ Jesus saith, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified by him. ³² If God be glorified by him, God will also glorify him with himself, and will shortly glorify him. ³³ Little children, yet a little while I am with you: ye shall seek me, and as I said to the Jews, Whither I go ye cannot come, so now I say to you. ³⁴ A new commandment I give you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. ³⁵ By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. ³⁶ Simon Peter saith to him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me hereafter. ³⁷ Peter saith to him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thy sake. ³⁸ Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake? Verily I say to thee, the cock shall not have crowed, till thou hast denied me thrice. ¹⁴ ¹ Let not your heart be troubled: believe in God: believe also in me. ² In my Father's house are many mansions; if not, I would have told you. ³ I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to myself, that where I am, ye may be also. ⁴ And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know. ⁵ Thomas saith to him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest, and how can we know the way? ⁶ Jesus saith, I am the way; and the truth, and the life; no man cometh to the Father, but by me. ⁷ If ye had known me, ye would have known my Father also: from henceforth ye have known him, and have seen him. ⁸ Philip saith to him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. ⁹ Jesus saith to him, Have I been so long with you, and hast thou not known me, Philip? He that hath seen me, hath seen the Father: and how sayest thou, Shew us the Father? ¹⁰ Believest thou not, that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I speak to you, I speak not of myself; and the Father that dwelleth in me, he doth the works. ¹¹ Believe me, because I am in the Father, and the Father in me; but if not, believe me for the sake of the works. ¹² Verily, verily I say unto you, he that believeth on me, the works which I do, shall he do also; and greater than these shall he do, because I go to my Father. ¹³ And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, I will do it, that the Father may be glorified thro' the Son. ¹⁴ If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it. ¹⁵ If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Comforter, ¹⁶ to remain with you for ever, Even the Spirit of truth, ¹⁷ whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him. But ye know him; for he remaineth with you, and shall be in you. ¹⁸ I will not leave you orphans; I come to you. ¹⁹ Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more: but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. ²⁰ At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. ²¹ He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me, shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. ²² Judas (not Iscariot) saith to him, Lord, how is it, that thou wilt manifest thyself to us, and not to the world? ²³ Jesus answered and said to him, If any man love me, he will keep my words; and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our abode with him. ²⁴ He that loveth me not, keepeth not my words: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me. ²⁵ These things have I spoken to you, while I remained with you. But the Comforter, ²⁶ the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and will bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said to you. ²⁷ Peace I leave with you; my peace I give unto you; not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. ²⁸ Ye heard me say to you, I go, and come again to you. If ye loved me, ye would have rejoyced, because I said, I go to the Father; for my Father is greater than me. ²⁹ And now I have told you, before it come to pass, that when it is come to pass, ye may believe. ³⁰ Hereafter I shall not talk much with with you; for the prince of this world is coming; but he hath nothing in me: ³¹ But that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father commanded me, so I do. Arise, let us go hence. ¹⁵ ¹ I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh away; ² and every one that beareth fruit, he purifieth it, that it may bear more fruit. ³ Now ye are pure thro' the word which I have spoken to you. ⁴ Abide in me and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abide in the vine, so neither can ye, unless ye abide in me. ⁵ I am the vine, ye are the branches. He that abideth in me and I in him, he beareth much fruit; but, separate from me, ye can do nothing. ⁶ If any one abide not in me, he is cast out as a branch, and is withered: and they gather and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. ⁷ If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done for you. ⁸ Hereby is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit: so shall ye be my disciples. ⁹ As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you. ¹⁰ Abide ye in my love. If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love, even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. ¹¹ I have spoken these things to you, that my joy might remain in you, and your joy might be full. ¹² This is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I have loved you. ¹³ No one hath greater love than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. ¹⁴ Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. I no longer call you servants, ¹⁵ for the servant knoweth not what his lord doth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard from my Father, I have made known to you. ¹⁶ Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and appointed you that ye may go and bear fruit, and your fruit may remain; that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. ¹⁷ This I command you, that ye love one another. ¹⁸ If the world hate you, ye know it hated me, before it hated you. ¹⁹ If ye were of the world, the world would love its own; but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. ²⁰ Remember the word that I said to you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you: if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. ²¹ But all these things will they do to you, for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me. ²² If I had not come and spoken to them, they had not had sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin. ²³ He that hateth me, hateth my Father also. If I had not done among them the works which no other did, they had not had sin: ²⁴ but now have they seen them, and yet hated both me and my Father. ²⁵ So that the word which is written in their law is fulfilled, They hated me without a cause. ²⁶ But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me. ²⁷ Ye also testify, because ye have been with me from the beginning. ¹⁶ ¹ I have told you these things, that ye may not be offended. They will put you out of the synagogues; ² yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you, will think he doth God service. ³ These things will they do, because they have not known the Father nor me. ⁴ But I have told you these things, that when the time shall come, ye may remember I told you them. I did not tell you these things at the beginning, because I was with you. ⁵ But now I go to him that sent me, and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou? ⁶ But because I have told you this, sorrow hath filled your heart. ⁷ But I tell you the truth; it is expedient for you that I go: for if I go not, the Comforter will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send him to you. ⁸ And he coming will convince the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: ⁹ Of sin, because they believe not on me; ¹⁰ Of righteousness, because I go to the Father, and ye see me no more; ¹¹ Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged. ¹² I have yet many things to say to you; but ye cannot bear them now. ¹³ But when he, the Spirit of truth is come, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak of himself: but whatsoever he shall hear, he will speak; and he will shew you things to come. ¹⁴ He will glorify me; for he will take of mine, and shew it you. ¹⁵ All things that the Father hath, are mine: therefore I said, He will take of mine, and shew it you. ¹⁶ A little while and ye shall not see me; and again, a little while and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father. ¹⁷ Then some of his disciples said to each other, What is this that he said to us? A little while and ye shall not see me; and again, a little while and ye shall see me? and, Because I go to the Father? ¹⁸ They said therefore, What is this little while that he speaketh of? We understand not what he saith. ¹⁹ Jesus knew they were desirous to ask him, and said to them, Ye inquire among you of this, that I said, A little while and ye shall not see me; and again, a little while and ye shall see me. ²⁰ Verily, verily I say unto you, Ye will weep and lament; but the world will rejoice: ye will be sorrowful; but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. ²¹ A woman when she is in travel, hath sorrow, because her hour is come; but when she is delivered of the child, she no longer remembreth the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world. ²² And ye now therefore have sorrow; but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one taketh from you. ²³ And in that day ye shall not question me about any thing. Verily, verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give you. ²⁴ Hitherto ye have asked nothing in my name: ask (and ye shall receive) that your joy may be full. ²⁵ I have spoken these things to you in parables: but the time is coming, when I will no longer speak to you in parables, but will shew you plainly of the Father. ²⁶ At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not to you, that I will pray the Father for you. ²⁷ For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed, that I came forth from God. ²⁸ I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again I leave the world, and go to the Father. ²⁹ His disciples say to him, Lo now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no parable. ³⁰ Now we are sure thou knowest all things, and needest not that any should question thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God. ³¹ Jesus answered, Ye do now believe. But lo the hour is coming, ³² yea, is already come, that ye shall be scattered every one to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone; for the Father is with me. ³³ I have spoken these things to you, that ye may have peace in me. In the world ye shall have tribulation; but take courage: I have overcome the world.